An opportunity to discuss, alongside two former special correspondents, Gabriella Simoni and Maurizio Naldini – interviewed by a young colleague Claudia Leporrati – the conflicts and how they are reported, both yesterday and today, and to help us make sense of the news with which we are bombarded every day, which has the effect of making us more detached and insensitive to reality. the meeting will be in Italian

Rita Severi , who taught English language and literature at the University of Verona for over thirty years, has published books and essays in Italian and English on the Victorian period, Oscar Wilde, Ronald Firbank, Vernon Lee, Maurice Hewlett, Shakespeare and Anglo-Italian relations during the Renaissance. A member of CIRVI, she specialises in English-speaking travellers in Italy. Since 2018, she has published: William Dean Howells, Viaggi in Italia (2018) and the volume Art

On the 10th of December 2025, a conference on colonial objects, collections, and museums through stories and rethinking of critics took place at Il Palmerino. It was given by Beatrice Falcucci, a current fellow at the Center for the Study of Cultural Memory (London). Her work focuses on Italian colonial culture, European colonial museology, and post-colonial legacies. Falcucci was introduced by University of Florence professor Giovanni Tarantino, and the conversation was mode

The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander On November 26, 2025, Il Palmerino Cultural Association was delighted to host a lecture by US writer and professor Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, entitled: The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander (1837 - 1917) , after her recently published book by the same name. Francesca Alexander and her parents moved from Boston to Florence in 1853 and became part of the city's thriving international community. She was a largely self-taught artist, and

On November 25 th  2025, Professor and Historian Giulia Calvi and EUI cultural and modern history professor Carlotta Sorba recounted the history of clothing, bodies, and imagery all around the world. Calvi stresses that clothing can exemplify geographical origin, gender, social status, ethnicity, age, profession and religious affiliation. As a former history professor at the University of Siena and the former chair-holder of Gender History in the Department of History and Civ

On November 20 th  2025, a conversation between a historian on Italian aristocratic families, Domenico Savini and art historian, Silvio Balloni, took place at Il Palmerino: it concerned the close friendship of painter Giovanni Fattori and the Corsini family.   Giovanni Fattori (1825-1908) was an Italian painter. He was a leader of the Macchiaioli movement, a Tuscan art movement similar to impressionism. Fattori had a close relationship with the Corsini family, as they often f

On 9 October 2025, a meeting moderated by Emanuele Giusti and introduced by Giovanni Tarantino from the University of Florence took place at Il Palmerino. The meeting was part of a series dedicated to our contemporary world, bringing together historians, sociologists, anthropologists and economists to reflect on the present and provide the tools to understand today's challenges, changes and future prospects in a critical and constructive manner.

Thursday, 8 May, around 5 p.m., a conference was held entitled Roberto Longhi e Anna Banti: Caravaggio, Artemisia e non soltanto ....

Yiannis Papadakis, social anthropologist and professor at the university of Cyprus ©...

On Friday, April 4th, a conference on life and legacy of art historian and scholar Federico Zeri was held at Il Palmerino. The event was...

In collaboration with Calliope Arts, The British Institute Florence as part of the project: The Florentine Gardens: Early Women ex-pats...

The authors will be introduced by Serena Cenni and will talk about the similarities and differences between German fantastic literature...

The conference will be given in italian the first opportunity in the year 2025 to hear an exciting story where, through recent research...

A lecture by Federica Parretti and Linda Falcone In 1935, Lola Costa purchased Il Palmerino, and set up her painting  studio there....

These events are all dedicate to the love that Vernon Lee nourish for the mountains close to Pistoia, were she was used to spend some...

Images and trajectories of a 19th century diva: Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) Ristori's is an extraordinary female experience. The...

(the presentation will be in English) Marco Polo has become an iconic figure of the Western interest in the Eastern world. Since the...

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as part of the conversations devoted to WORD and in Italian, Teresa Megale will give a talk on: The 'energetic' language of actors, or...

The Il Palmerino Association of Florence, together with the Baldry family, invites you to an evening of reflection, discussion and...